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Author Brown, Nicholas, 1961-

Title A way through : the life of Rick Farley / Nicholas Brown and Susan Boden
Published Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2012
Sydney : NewSouth, 2012

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 MELB  323.092 Farley Bro/Wtl  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.'Never tired, never sad, never guilty' -- 2.'As trendy as it was possible to be' -- 3.'Not like a cattleman' -- 4.'Superhick' -- 5.'Stiletto man' -- 6.'Starting to understand' -- 7.'The best deal possible' -- 8.'The great Rick Farley' -- 9.'The better for having known him'
Summary Rick Farley was an extraordinary man. As head of the Cattlemen's Union and National Farmers Federation, a key figure in the Landcare movement and a public campaigner for Indigenous rights and Reconciliation, Farley had an insiders view of many key political and social changes in Australia over his thirty years in the public eye
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience General
Tertiary/Undergraduate
Subject Farley, Rick, 1952-2006.
Human rights workers -- Australia -- Biography.
Political activists -- Australia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Boden, Susan.
LC no. 2012358967
ISBN 192141085X (paperback)
9781921410857 (paperback)